Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-12-09
WAsAIHaT0M LETTER.
WAsHlNaros, Dec. 8, 1888,

w aohAN6AVcy 1cC. 1901.
There are twenty.scven red.headed
Representatives in the new House.
The number is vouched for by an Of.
ficer Of the House who has kept n
record. There are many with sandy
hair and hair that is almost red-red
enough to attract n gray horse, but
pone of these arc counted. Twenty.
seven heads to match against twenty.
seven horses of pure white--heads
that are of pronounced red without
qualification or excuse-will be as.
sembled in the House on Monday,
and will light that body on its way
to wisdom next winter. There may
be moro yet to come, as the returns
are not yet complete. There is su.
perstition which causes many mem.
bers to hope great things from a
Congress possessing this striking
feature. Many Congresses have been
noted for their gray heads and bald
heads, and some, it is isaid, for their
pig heads, but no Congress before
could boast mere than half dozen
red heads. 1t is proposed that they
oil be sworn in at once, standing in n
circle--as Of firc--around the Speak
er's desk, and there will be an anxi.
ETY. on the part of each committee to
get one for good luck. AS there are
forty-sevcn standing committees
there will not be enough to go round,
30 there may be pretty sharp ri.
valry.
There comes to tho writer hereof
from every quarter the news that
Washington is to be overcome with
veritable cloud of beautiful women
during the coming season, in quality
and quantity exceeding any previous
blessed visitation the memory of the
oldest beau can recall.
This city is becoming moro and
more "a winter city" that is, one
whose principal benefits and advan.
tnges arc in the winter, either be-
cause of it's climate OF the superior.
ity of its social attractions. 1t 10
utterly unlike any other place on this
side of the Atlantic. 1t has no s.busi.
ness" that is, to speak of, when New
York, Philadelphia. or Boston arc
mentioned alongside of It, 1t doesn't
depend upon trade or commercial
supremacy for existence. Most of
those here whose living depends upon
their daily wages are in the employ
ment of the government, either in
places of greater or less responsible.
ity. To the old time aristocratic
population there has been added a
class Of citizens from other cities nnd
towns who have fixed incomes, and
are not dependent upon the fluctua-
tions of trade. They do not want to
live in what they call "business
city;" that is, one whose Importance
depends upon its trade. So they
have come here. The milder climate
is charming to people who have been
accustomed to five months of snow
each year, and thermometer rang
ing around, about, and below the
zero mark all that time.
1t is fact not generally known
that the Librarian of Congress an
swers all Inquiries sent to him by
mail. This involves enormous labor,
but this Mr.. Spofford considers "a
part of his duties, and SO the Library
Of Congress is vast bureau of pop
ular information. I am sure that if
the people of the United States gen.
orally knew that they could get in.
formation by merely writing to the
Librarian Of Congress that he would
have larger correspondence than
that of the Senators and members of
Congress together. l..